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HORTICULTUEE 



November 14, 1914 



Graves, Jr. prize for orchid display, and 

 one 1st iu regular classes. ilrs. 1'. K. Lewis, 

 supt. James liailautyne, Wuu tiie J. L). 

 Aiclibold prize tor 11' Lilooms, 1:; varieties 

 of clirysautliemunis. A. Lewisubn, gaid. 

 Joliu Cauuiug, ILe Mrs. F. Hermauu prize 

 for 20 tlowers, 20 varieties; tbe Mrs. W. C 

 Osborn prize for 36 blooms, 6 varieties: 

 W. B. 'xiiompsou prize lor 24 blooms, 12 

 varieties; Hugh Hill's prize for 12 vasei 

 of single and Vaughau's Seed Store prize 

 for t) plants single stem. Mrs. Carl Vietor, 

 gard. Thos. A. Lee, A. T. Boddington prize 

 for t) blooms, ti varieties, and one 1st. Mrs. 

 W. D. Guthrie, gard. \Vm. F. Ross, the 

 W. F. McCord cup for vase of 18 blooms, 

 Wm. Rockefeller cup for 18 blooms in 6 

 varieties, and the prizes by Hugh Hill for 

 best 3 blooms and by Charles Vanderbilt 

 for specimen bloom. Hugh Hill. gard. 

 Robt. Grieve won the H. H. Cannon prize 

 for 12 blooms. 4 varieties; Mrs. C. -Neu- 

 stadt, gard. David Gordon, the Pierson U- 

 Bar prize for 18 blooms. 3 varieties: Miss 

 Blanche Potter, gard. Geo. Wittlinger, Hugh 

 Hill's prize for 12 blooms. 6 varieties, and 

 4 regular 1st prizes; Charles Mallor.v, gard. 

 W. J. Sealey. H. Darlington's prize for 6 

 vases pompons ; Winthrop Sargent, gard. 

 P. E. Witney, C. P. .lohnson's prize for 

 Lorraine begonias; Dr. L. H. Backland. 

 gard. Jas Caselli. Burnett Bros.' prize for 

 collection of vegetables. 



D. G. Reid, supt. A. W. Goldlng. won 

 the Stumpp & Walter cup for collectiou of 

 vegetables arranged for effect, the special 

 prizes offered by Mrs. J. B. Trevor for 31! 

 carnations, 3 varieties, by H. Darlington 

 for 12 carnations one variety, and by John 

 Wilk for 36 carnations (> varieties, and five 

 regular 1st prizes. R. Delafleld. gard. 

 William Brock, won the Mrs. Stuyves.ant 

 cup for 12 Killarney Queen roses, Mrs. Jas. 

 Speyer's cup for 12 Pink Killarney, A. 

 Lewisohn's cup for 00 roses, R. Langle's 

 prize for 12 White Killarney, an an<iny- 

 mous special for Killarney Brilliant, and 

 two other 1st prizes: Kugenc .Meyer. Jr., 

 gard. Chas. Ruthven, Mrs. H. F. Osborn's 

 prize for 12 roses, and the Lord A: Burn- 

 ham gold medal for IS roses, 3 varieties; 

 F. C. Luckenbacker, Mrs. I. N. Seligmnn's 

 prize for basket of flowers; W. U. Watte, 

 F. M. Warburg's prize for table centre- 

 piece; A. W. Goldlng. R. B. Dula's prize 

 for bridal bou'iuet; M. Fitzgerald, special 

 for dinner table decoration. 



In the regular schedule classes l.'<t prizes 

 were also awarded as follows: F. W. 

 Vanderbilt. gard. Henry J. Allen, four; E. 

 Berolzhelmer. gard. Wm. Jamieson. four: 

 Dr. C. C. Brace, gard. Geo. Mcintosh, three: 

 Richard Langle, two; Samuel I'llmann. 

 gard. Rnht. Sharp, two; H. C. Nenbrand. 

 Walter D. Blnlr. Miss Belle Scott. Win. See. 

 Clarence Whitman, gard. Wm. Will. Mrs. 

 W. H. Pullan. Mrs. J. B. Trevor, gard 

 Howard Nichols. D. G. Oppenhelmer. gard. 

 A. MnoDonnld. F. R. Pierson. Mrs. F. E. 

 Lewis and Elmsford Nurseries, one each. 



Among those iKtt mentioned heretofore 

 who participated In the 2nd awards were 

 Paul M. Warburg, gard. F. 0. Lucken- 

 hacher, H. F. Osborn, gard. Wui. Ritchie, 

 .Toppph Fnstman. cnrd. Robt. Angus. Sleepy 

 Hollow Country Club. supl. A. W. Jfvers. 

 Mrs. Tsanc N. Sellgman. gard. M. McPher- 

 snn. R. M. .Johnston. .Toseph Erdman. Mrs. 

 Sfuvvesnrt Fish. sunt. Wm. MncBean. 

 Howard Soar. R. D. Neubrand. Irving T. 

 Riish. gard. Kdw. Tretheway and .1. W. 

 '<inlth, gard. Frank Shaw. 



NASSAU HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The 10th annual Chrysanthemum 

 Show of the Nassau County Horticul- 

 tural Society was held at Glen Cove, 

 N. Y., Oct. 29fh and 30th, and there 

 was a fine display of well finished 

 chrysanthemums, carnations, roses, 

 vegetables, etc. The judges were 

 Messrs. R. Angus, A. Griffin, W. Tur- 

 ner and J. Bell. Among the prominent 

 exhibits, the class for 50 vases in 50 

 varieties of hardy pompons attracted 

 the most attention, as both exhibitors 

 had already won the cup for this class 

 twice each and this year was the de- 

 ciding one for final ownership. It was 

 won by Henry Gaut, gard. to Mrs. H. 

 L. Pratt, and John W. Everitt, gard. 

 to Mrs. J. T. Pratt was 2nd. J. W. 

 Everitt won the cup for table decora- 

 tion with a pretty table done with a 

 new pink sintrle seedling chrysanthe- 

 mum named Ernest Westlake. Jr. Hen- 

 ry Gaut was 2nd with Dorothy llan: 



Jos. Adler 3rd with Peter Pan; P. 

 Honeyman 4th with a bicolor of a 

 very pretty bronze shade, and J. Hayes 

 .5th. There were eight entries for this 

 class. The society's cup for 12 kinds of 

 vegetables was won by A. G. Hoden- 

 pyle, gard. F. Petroccia with a clean 

 grown lot of vegetables. Mrs. H. L. 

 Pratt 2nd. A splendid programme of 

 music was given each day. 



C. A. Coifin ::pecial — Group chrysanthe- 

 uuinis arranged for effect : 1st, Percy 

 Chubb, gard. F. Honeyman; 2ud, Mrs. H. 

 I.. Pratt, gard. Henry Gaut. 



H. S. Ladew special — Double standard: 

 1st, Mrs. J. H. Ottley, gard. James Mac- 

 donald; 2nd, Mrs. H. L. Pratt. 



Standard Single: 1st. Percy Chubb; 2nd, 

 W. H. Harkness. Esq., gard. A. Fournicr. 

 Lord & Burnham special — Bush double: 

 1st, Percy Chubb; 2nd, Mrs. Ottley. 



Bush single: 1st, Percy Chubb; 2nd, 

 Mrs. Harkness. 



Peter Henderson special — 6 plants In 6- 

 inch pots: 1st, Mrs. W. D. Guthrie, gard. 

 A. Ross; 2nd, Percy Chubb. 



Andrew Wilson special — fi vases, C varie- 

 ties: 1st. Mrs. Guthrie; 2nd, Percy Chubb. 

 Chas. H. Totty special — Vase 8 blooms. 

 I variety: 1st, Mrs. Guthrie; 2nd, -Mrs. 

 Ottley. 



Mrs. W. H. Bucknall special — 6 blooms. 

 (! varieties: 1st, Mrs. Guthrie; 2nd, Percv 

 Chubb. 



Arthur T. Boddington special — 6 blooms. 

 C varieties: 1st, Mrs. J. T. Pratt; 2nd, 

 Payne Whitney, gard. L. G. Forbes. 



Rev. J. W. Gammack special — 12 blooms. 

 12 varieties: 1st, Percv Chubb; 2nd, Mrs. 

 Guthrie. 



Burnett Bros.' special — 3 vases, 2 blooms 

 each: 1st, Payne Whitney; 2nd, Mrs. .T. T. 

 Pratt. 



Mrs. D. Burns special — 12 blooms ar- 

 ranged for effect: 1st, Mrs. Guthrie; 2nd, 

 Mrs: H. L. Pratt. 



Chas. H. Totty medals for 2 blooms Men- 

 don: Gold medal. Mrs. Guthrie; silver. 

 Mrs. H. L. Pratt; bronze. Mrs. Ottley. 



Pierson U-Bar Co. special — 12 blooms, 3 

 varieties: 1st, Percy Chubb; 2nd, Mrs. 

 Guthrie. 



Six pink: 1st, Mrs. W. Jj. Harkness; 

 2nd. Mrs. C. D. Brewster, gard. ,T. Fogarty. 



Six. any other color: 1st, Mrs. Guthrie; 

 2ud, Payne Whitney. 



F. B. Edmonds special— Largest bloom in 

 I he Show: Mrs. Guthrie. 



Vaughan Seed Store special — IS vases 

 hardy chrysanthemums, 18 varieties grown 

 and flowered outdoors; 1st, Mrs. H. L. 

 Pratt; 2nd, Mrs. .T. C. .\ycr, gard. Harry 

 Jones. 



M. Stapleton special— 12 vases singles : 

 1st. .Mrs. J. L. Pratt: 2nd. Percy Chubb 



(ilen Cove Echo special — (J vases singles: 

 1st. Mrs. H. L. I'ratl: 2nd, Paul Dana, 

 gard. James Gladstone. 



One vase singles: 1st, Percv Chubb; 2nd, 

 Mrs. J. T. Pratt. 



Titus & Bowne speclal^l2 American 

 Beauty roses: Mrs. Gutbrle. 



Miss Marlon Peck special — 12 yellow 

 roses: 1st, Mrs. .T. C. Aver; 2nd. Mrs. 

 Guthrie. 



12 pink roses: 1st, Mrs. Guthrie; 2nd. 

 Percy Chubb. 



12 red roses: 1st, Percv Chubb. 



12 Tea or H. T. : 1st, Payne Whitney ; 

 2nd, Percy Chubb. 



Cottage Gardens Co. special — Carnations 

 in five classes: Mrs. Guthrie 1st in 4 class- 

 es. Percy Chubb in 1. 



Bon Arbor Chemical Co. special, 2 class- 

 es: 1st, Mrs. Guthrie; 2nd, Payne Whitney 

 and Percy Chubb. 



Pino Lyptol Co. special — 100 single vio- 

 lets: 1st. Mrs. J. T. Pratt; 2nd, Mrs. J. C. 

 Ayer. 



HO single violets: 1st, Thos. Leeming; 

 2nd. Mrs. C. F. Cartledge. 



Mrs. F. S. Smlthers special — Outdoor 

 flowers: 1st, Mrs. G. D. Pratt, gard. J. F. 

 Johnston; 2nd, Mrs. Ottley. 



Nassau County Horticultural Society's 

 cup for vegetables: 1st, A. G. Hodenpyle ; 

 2nd. Mrs. H. L. Pratt. 



R. Meserole special — 6 kinds vegetables: 

 1st. Mrs. Ottley; 2nd. Mrs. W. V. Hester, 

 gard. Herman Boettcher. 



llltchlngs & Co. special — Flowering and 

 fnllago plants: Percy Chubb. 



Julius Roebrs special — Orchids: Percv 

 Chubb. 



J. M. Thorburn special — Begonia Gloire 

 de Lorraine; Mrs. Guthrie. 



C. M. Underbill special — Ferns: Thos. 

 Looming: 2nd, Mrs. H. L. Pratt. 



Certificate of merit to H. Gaut for 

 new bronze seedling single chrysanthe- 

 mum. Honorable mention to A. Four- 

 nier for two grafted standard chrysan- 



themums. James Gladstone was man- 

 ager of the show. 



H.vRRY Jo.NEs. Cor. Sec'y. 



TUXEDO HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY. 



The annual flower show of the Tux- 

 edo Horticultural Society was held in 

 Tuxedo Club on 30th, 31st October and 

 1st November, it being the finest show 

 the Society has ever held, in most of 

 the classes competition being very 

 keen. There is nothing we could spe- 

 cially mention as being a feature of 

 the show as all the exhibits were of 

 very high quality. The chrysanthe- 

 mums were the best that had been 

 shown here. D. S. Millar won in the 18 

 distinct varieties with W. E. Tricker, 

 Daily Mail, Woodmason, G. Drabble, 

 Wells' Late Pink, Mrs. R. H. Boggs, 

 Lady Hopetown. Wm. Kleinheinz, F. S. 

 Vallis, Gertrude Peers, James Fraser, 

 Mrs. H. Stevens. Mrs. R. C. Pulling, 

 Pockett's Crimson, Mrs. Ernest Wild, 

 Mrs. G. W. C. Drexel. Rose Poekett, 

 Wm. Turner. Thos. Wilson won in 

 the twelves with Wm. Turner, Mrs. D. 

 Syme, Hetty Wells, H. E. Converse, W. 

 E. Tricker, Georgeous, Wm. Klein- 

 heinz, Rose Poekett, Daily Mail, Mrs. G. 

 W. C. Drexel, Nakota, M. Louiseau 

 Rousseau. The groups of miscellane- 

 ous plants, chrysanthemums and ferns 

 were all very fine and tastefully ar- 

 ranged. Roses were, we may say, shown 

 to perfection; in the class for 18 pink, 

 Mrs. C. Russell was shown by Wm. 

 Brock, D. S. Millar and Mr. Tansey with 

 six-foot stems. There was good com- 

 petition in all the classes of carna- 

 tions, Joseph Tansey, gard. to H. M. 

 Tilford. winning the Hitchings cup for 

 the most meritorious exhibit, also the 

 Alphano Humus Co. cup for group of 

 chrysanthemums, the president's prize 

 for the best vase of roses in the 

 show with a vase of 12 Sunburst and 

 the Julius Roehrs prize for plant 

 groups. D. S. Millar won the New York 

 Stable Manure Co. cup for six chrysan- 

 themums, 12 roses, 12 carnations. The 

 judges were R. Williamson, A. 

 Bieschke and W. H. Waite. 



Other special prize awards were as 

 follows: 



Dreer prize for group of ferns, Mrs. M. 

 C. Bell, gard. David Mcintosh; Weeber & 

 Don prize for Illy of the valley, H. M. 

 Tilford: Bon Arbor Chemical Co., prize for 

 standard clirysantbcniums, R. Mortimer, 

 gard. C. D. S.haeffer: Scott Bros, prize 

 for IS chrysanthemums, 18 varieties, G. G. 

 Mason; Totty prize for single chrysanthe- 

 mums. Introductions of 1914, Mrs. J. Mur- 

 ray Mitchell, gard. Thomas Wilson; A. N. 

 Pierson prize for 12 Hadlcy roses, R. Dela- 

 fleUl : Thorburn prize for collection of 

 vegetables. Mrs. S. Spencer, gard. E. Barth; 

 Wilk prize for 18 vegetables. G. G. Mason; 

 Stumpp & Walter prize for 9 vegetables, 

 C. B. Alexander, gard. W. Hastings; Bur- 

 nett Bros, prize for exhibit of farm prod- 

 uce. Arden Farm Co., Mgr. W. VIner; 

 Burpee prize for Tuxedo vUlnge vegetables, 

 Wm. Devenzo; W. F. McCord prize for 

 dinner table decoration. G. F. Bnker. gard. 

 .Tas. MncMachan ; Boddington prize for 

 centre piece bv greenhouse nsslstnnts. 1st 

 .\lex Roy. 2nd Wm. Grnnthnn ; Bieschke 

 prize for floral piece. H. M. Tilford; Lnger 

 .t Hurrell prize for orchid plant. G. P. 

 Baker: Dreer prize for collection of hardy 

 flowers. Mrs. A. Spencer. 



In addition to the foregoing we find 

 in tbe long list of winners kind'v sent 

 by Secretary Thomas Wilson the fol- 

 lowing names, our space not permit- 

 ting a detailed list of the various 

 classes: 



D. Wagstaff. gard. Thos. Lyons; A. 



Seton, gard. Patrick Cassldv; Mrs. A. 



Carhart, g.ird. Chas. Costlckl; Mrs. T. 

 Wolfe and Mrs. L. Chandler. 



